On the table side by side
The Holy Bible and the T.V. guide.
One is well worn but cherished with pride
(not the Bible, but the T.V. guide).
One is used daily to help folk decide.
No! its not the Bible, but the T.V. guide.
As pages are turned, what do they see?
Oh, what does it matter, turn on the T.V.
The confusion reigns; they can’t all agree
On what they shall watch on the ole T.V.
So they open the book in which they confide
(no its not the Bible, it’s the T.V. guide).
The word of God is seldom read
Maybe a verse ere they fall into bed.
Exhausted and sleepy and tired as can be,
Not from reading the Bible, from watching T.V.
So, then back to the table, side by side,
Is the Holt Bible and the T.V. guide.
No time for prayer, no time for the word,
The plan of salvation is seldom heard.
Forgiveness of sin so full and free
Is found in the Bible, not on T.V.